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Professor Name: Dr. Antonino Paguirigan
Trans by: Group 8 Layugan, A., Layugan, K., Legaspi, Lopez, Luis, Lumaoang
OUTLINE
I. Development of Practice of Medicine
II. Republic Act No. 2382
• Article I
• Article II
• Article III
• Article IV
I. DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
The practice of medicine
- Emphasis primarily on clinical diagnosis (fifty years
ago)
- Emphasis has shifted progressively to
technological advances (today)
l Uses sophisticated diagnostic test
l Aims to search for causes of disease
l Apply them to a more effective modalities
l Available to physicians who are practicing
medicine
- Diseases and its causes are now sufficiently well
understood and thus, allow the physician to
conceptualize therapeutic approaches in the
pathophysiological terms
- The fundamental commitment of the physician to
the care of the patient remains unchanged even
- According to a famous author: “Tact, sympathy,
and understanding are expected in the physician. For
the patient is not a mere collection of signs and
symptoms or disordered function of damaged
organs and even disturbed emotions.”
- What is important for you to remember is that the
patient is a human being, is fearful, hopeful,
seeking relieve, help, and reassurance
- The true physician has interest both in wise and
the foolish, the proud and the humble
- The role of a physician is to care for people
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- The practice of medicine combines with science
and arts
- The role of science in medicine is very clear,
technology based on science is the foundation or
the solution to any clinical problem
- The advances in the biochemical methodology and
in biophysical imagining techniques are the
products of science , so also are the therapeutic
maneuverers which increasingly are a major part of
medical practice
- But the skill in using the most sophisticated
laboratory technology or the use of the latest
therapeutic modality alone, thus not make a good
physician
- The ability to extract from a contradictory physical
signs and symptoms and pages of computer printed
laboratory data, will spell out whether you are a
good physician or not
- To know in a difficult case whether you are going
to treat or just watch the patient
- Determine when a clinical clue is worth pursuing
or dismiss it all together
- To estimate in a particular patient, whether a
propose treatment entails a greater risk than the
disease itself
- All of the work of a physician involves decision
making
- So you need to have a good skill in decision
making in order to be able to practice medicine
well
- This combination of medical knowledge, intuition,
and judgement is what we call the art of medicine
- It is necessary to practice medicine with a sound
scientific knowledge and act in interest of the
patient
II. Republic Act No. 2382
Republic Act No. 2382
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- Law that controls the practice of medicine
in the Philippines
- Also known as The Medical Act of 1959
- It was approved on June 20, 1959
- Consist of 4 articles and 32 sections
Article I: OBJECTIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION
Section 1. Objectives
This Act provides for and shall govern:
- the standardization and regulation of medical
education
- the examination for registration of physicians
- the supervision, control and regulation of the
practice of medicine in the Philippines
Section 2. Enforcement
For the purpose of implementing the provisions of
this Act, there are created the following agencies:
- the Board of Medical Education under the
Department of Education
- the Board of Medical Examiners under the
Commissioner of Civil Service
Article II : THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND ITS
FUNCTIONS
Section 3. Composition of Board of Medical
Education
The Board of Medical Education
- Composed of:
l Secretary of Education or his duly
authorized representative (Chairman)
l Secretary of Health or his duly authorized
representative (Member)
l Director of the Bureau of Private Schools
or his duly authorized representative
(Member)
l Chairman of the Board of Medical
Examiners or his duly authorized
representative (Member)
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l A representative of private practitioners,
upon the recommendation of Philippine
Medical Association (Member)
l Dean of the College of Medicine ,
University of the Philippines (Member)
l A representative of the Council of Deans of
Philippine Medical Schools (Member)
l A representative of the Association of the
Philippine Medical Colleges (Member)
- The officials acting as chairman and members of
the Board of Medical Education shall hold office
during their incumbency in their respective
positions
Section 4. Compensation and Traveling Expenses
The chairman, members and secretary of the Board
of Medical Association shall be entitled to twenty-
five pesos per diem for every meeting, provided,
the number of meetings authorized with a per diem
shall not exceed four times in a month, and
traveling expenses in connection with their official
duties as herein provided
Section 5. Functions
The functions of the Board of Medical Education
shall be:
- to determine and prescribe requirement for
admission into a recognized college of medicine
- to determine and prescribe requirement for
minimum physical facilities of colleges of medicine
l Buildings- such as hospitals
l Equipment and Supplies
l Apparatus
l Instruments
l Appliances
l Laboratories
l Bed capacity for instruction purposes
l Operating and Delivery rooms
l Facilities for out-patient services
l Others- for didactic and practical
instructions in accordance with modern
trends
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- to determine and prescribe the minimum number
and minimum qualifications of teaching personnel,
including student-teachers ratio
- to determine and prescribe the minimum required
curriculum leading to the degree of Doctor of
Medicine.
- to authorize the implementation of experimental
medical curriculum in a medical school that has
exceptional faculty and instrumental facilities
l Experimental curriculum
n Prescribe admission and graduation
requirements other than those
prescribed in this Act
n Only exceptional students shall be
enrolled
- to accept applications for certification for
admission to a medical school and keep a register
of those issued said certificate
l Collect twenty-five pesos each per
applicant
l For the operating fund of the Board of
Medical Education
- to select, determine and approve hospitals or
some departments of the hospitals for training
which comply with the minimum specific physical
facilities
- to promulgate and prescribe and enforce the
necessary rules and regulations for the proper
implementation of the foregoing functions
Section 6. Minimum Required Course
Students seeking admission to medical course:
- must have a bachelor/s degree in science or arts
- must be at least four years
- must consist of the following subjects:
l Anatomy
l Physiology
l Biochemistry and Nutrition
l Pharmacology
l Microbiology
l Parasitology
l Medicine and Therapeutics
l Pathology
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l Gynecology
l Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinology and
Laryngology
l Pediatrics
l Obstetrics
l Surgery
l Preventive Medicine and Public Health
l Legal Medicine
n Jurisprudence
n Medical Economics
n Ethics
Section 7. Admission Requirements
The medical college may admit any student who has
not been convicted by any court of competent
jurisdiction of any offense involving moral
turpitude, and who presents:
l a record showing completion of a
bachelor/s degree in science or arts
l a certificate of eligibility for entrance to a
medical school from the Board of Medical
Education
l a certificate of good moral character
issued by two of his former professors in
the College of Liberal Arts
l Birth Certificate
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to inhibit any
college of medicine from establishing, in addition to
the preceding, other entrance requirements that
may deemed admissible. For purposes of this Act
the term “College of Medicine” shall mean to
include the faculty of medicine, institute of
medicine, school of medicine or other similar
institutions, offering a complete medical course
leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine or its
equivalent. Every college of medicine must keep a
complete record of enrollment, grades, graduates,
and must publish each year a catalogue giving the
following information:
l Date of publication
l Calendar of academic year
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l Faculty roll indicating whether on full-time
or part-time basis
l Requirements for admission
l Grading system
l Requirements for promotion
l Requirements for graduation
l Curriculum and description of course by
department
l Number of students enrolled in each class
in the preceding year. (Amended by R.A.
4224)
Article III: THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS;
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS
Section 8. Prerequisite to the Practice of Medicine
No person shall engage in the practice of medicine
in the Philippines unless
- he is at least twenty-one years of age
- has satisfactorily passed the corresponding Board
of Examination
- a holder of a valid Certificate of Registration duly
issued to him by the Board of Medical Examiners
Section 9. Candidates for Board Examinations
Candidates for Board examinations shall have the
following qualifications:
- He shall be a citizen of the Philippines or a citizen
of any foreign country who has submitted
competent and conclusive documentary evidence,
confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs,
showing that his country’s existing laws permit
citizens of the Philippines to practice medicine
under the same rules and regulations governing
citizens
- He shall be of good moral character
- He shall be of sound mind
- He shall not have been convicted by a court of
competent jurisdiction of any offense involving
moral turpitude
- He shall be a holder of the degree of doctor of
Medicine or its equivalent conferred by a college of
medicine duly recognized by the government
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- He must have completed a calendar year of
technical training, known as internship, the nature
of which shall be prescribed by the Board of Medical
Education undertaken in hospitals and health
centers approved by the Board
Section 10. Acts Constituting Practice of Medicine
A person shall be considered as engaged in the
practice of medicine:
- who shall, for compensation, fee, salary or reward
in any form paid to him directly or through
another, or even without the same, physically
examine any person, and diagnose, treat, operate
or prescribe any remedy for human disease, injury,
deformity, physical, mental, psychical condition or
any ailment, real or imaginary, regardless of the
nature of the remedy or treatment administered,
prescribed or recommended
- who shall by means of signs, cards,
advertisements, written or printed matter or
through the radio, television or any other means of
communication, either offer or undertake by any
means or method to diagnose, treat, operate or
prescribe any remedy for any human disease, injury,
deformity, physical, mental or psychical condition
- who shall falsely use the title M.D. after his name
Section 11. Exemptions
The preceding section shall not be construed to
affect:
- any medical student duly enrolled in an approved
medical college or school, or graduate under
training, serving without any professional fee in any
government or private hospital, provided that he
renders such service under the direct supervision
and control of a registered physician
- any legally registered dentist engaged exclusively
in the practice of dentistry
- any duly registered masseur or physiotherapist,
provided that he applies massage or other physical
means upon written order or prescription of a duly
registered physician, or provided that such
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application of massage or physical means shall be
limited to physical or muscular development
- any duly registered optometrist who mechanically
fits or sells lenses, artificial eyes, limbs or other
similar appliances or who is engaged in the
mechanical examination of the eyes for the purpose
of constructing or adjusting eyeglasses, spectacles,
and lenses
- any person who renders any service gratuitously
in cases of emergency, or in place where the
services of a duly registered physician, nurse or
midwife are not available
- any person who administer or recommends any
household remedy as per classification of existing
Pharmacy Laws
- any clinical psychologist, or mental hygienist, in
the performance of his duties in regard to patients
with psychiatric problems, provided such
performance is done with the prescription and
direct supervision of a duly registered physician
- Prosthetists who fit artificial limbs under the
supervision of a registered physician.
Section 12. Limited practice without any certificate
of registration
Certificates of registration shall not be required of
the following persons:
- Physicians and surgeons from other countries
called in consultation only and exclusively in
specific and definite cases, or those attached to
international bodies or organizations assigned to
perform certain definite work in the Philippines,
provided they shall limit their practice to the specific
work assigned to them and provided further they
shall secure a previous authorization from the Board
of Medical Examiners
- Commissioned medical officers of the United
States Armed Forces stationed in the Philippines
while rendering services as such only for the
members of the said armed forces and within the
limit of their own respective territorial jurisdiction
- Foreign physicians employed as exchange
professors in special branches of medicine or
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surgery whose service may, upon previous
authorization of the Board of Medical Examiners
- Medical students who have completed the first
four year of medical course, graduates of medicine
and registered nurses who may be given limited and
special authorization by the Secretary of Health to
render services during epidemics or national
emergencies whenever the services of duly
registered physicians are not available. Such
authorization shall automatically cease when the
epidemic or national emergency is declared
terminated by the Secretary of Health.
Section 13. The Board of Medical Examiners, Its
Composition and Duties
The Board of Medical Examiners shall be composed
of six members to be appointed by the President of
the Philippines from a list of not more than twelve
names approved and submitted by the Executive
Council of the Philippine Medical Association, after
due consultation with other medical association
during the month of September each year. The
Chairman of the Board shall be elected from among
themselves by the member at a meeting called for
the purpose. The President of the Philippines shall
fill any vacancy that may occur during any
examination from the list of names submitted by
the Philippine Medical Association in accordance
with the provisions of this Act. No examiner shall
handle examinations in more than four subjects or
groups of subjects as hereinafter provided. The
distribution of subjects to each member shall be
agreed upon at a meeting called by the chairman for
the purpose. The examination papers shall be under
the custody of the Commissioner of Civil Service or
his duly authorized representative, and shall be
distributed to each member of the Board who shall
correct, grade, and sign, and submit them to the
said Commissioner within one hundred twenty days
from the date of the termination of the
examination. A final meeting of the Board for the
deliberation and approval of the grades shall be
called by the Commissioner of Civil Service
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immediately after receipt of the records from the
members of the Board of Medical Examiners. The
Secretary of the Board shall submit to the
President of the Philippines for approval of the
tabulation of results without names and
immediately upon receipt of the approved
tabulation from the Office of the President, the
Board shall insert the names and cause the
publication of the names of successful candidates
in alphabetical order without the rating obtained
by each, at the same time transmit a copy thereof
to the Professional Regulation Commission. The
President of the Philippines, upon the
recommendation of the Commissioner of Civil
Service, after due investigation, may remove any
member of the Board of Medical Examiners for
neglect of duty, incompetency or unprofessional or
dishonorable conduct.
Section 14. Qualifications of Examiner
No person shall be appointed a member of the
Board of Medical Examiner unless he or she is:
- a natural-born citizen of the Philippines
- a duly registered physician in the Philippines has
been in the practice of medicine for at least ten
years
- of good moral character and of recognized
standing in the medical profession as certified by
the Philippine Medical Association
- not a member of the faculty of any medical school
and has no pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly,
in any college of medicine or any institution where
any branch of medicine is taught, at the time of his
appointment
Section 15. Tenure of Office and Compensation of
Members
The members of the Board of Medical Examiners
shall hold office for a term of three years without
immediate reappointment and until their
successors shall have been duly appointed and duly
qualified. During the first year of the
implementation of this amendment, the members
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of the Board of Medical Examiners shall hold office
as follows: Two members for a term of one year;
Two members for a term of two years; Two
members for a term of three years; Provided, That
yearly appointments to two new members will be
made to replace those whose terms will expire:
Provided, further, that appointments to fill up
vacancies created by causes other than through
expiration of regular terms will be for the unexpired
period only. Each member shall receive as
compensation fifteen pesos each candidate
examined for registration as physician, and five
pesos for each candidate examined in the
preliminary or final physician examination, provided
the sum of said compensation does not exceed
twenty four thousand pesos annually.
Section 16. Executive Officer and Secretary of the
Board
The Secretary of the Board of Examiners:
- shall keep all the records, including examination
papers and the minutes of the deliberations of the
Board
- shall also keep a register of all persons to whom
certificates of registration has been granted
- set forth the name, sex, age, and place of birth of
each, place of business, post office address, the
name of the medical college or university from
which he graduated or in which he had studied,
together with the time spent in the study of the
profession elsewhere, the name of the country
where the institution is located which had granted
to him the degree or certificate of attendance on
clinics and all lectures in medicine and surgery, and
all other degrees granted to him from institutions of
learning
- shall keep an up-to-date registration book of all
duly registered physicians in the Philippines
- shall furnish copies all examination questions and
ratings in each subject of the respective candidates
in the physicians examination, one month after the
release of the list of the successful examinees, to the
deans of the different colleges of medicine
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exclusively for the information and guidance of the
faculties thereof. This report shall be considered as
restricted information. Any school which violates
this rule shall be deprived of each privilege
- shall keep all the records and proceedings, and
issue and receive all papers in connection with any
and all complaints presented to the Board
Section 17. Rules and Regulations
The Board of Medical Examiners, with the approval
of the Professional Regulation Commission shall
promulgate such rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the proper conduct of the
examinations, correction of examination papers,
and registration of physicians. The Commissioner
shall supervise each Board Examination and enforce
the said rules and regulations. These rules and
regulations shall take effect fifteen days after the
date of their publication in the Official Gazette and
shall not be changed within sixty days immediately
before any examination. Such rules and regulations
shall be printed and distributed for the information
and guidance of all concerned.
Section 18. Dates of Examinations
The Board of Medical Examiners shall give
examinations for the registration of physicians,
twice a year on dates to be determined by it
provided that the interval between the first and the
second examinations in a year shall be six months,
in the City of Manila or any of its suburbs after giving
not less than ten days notice to each candidate who
had filed his name and address with the Secretary of
the Board.
Section 19. Fees
The Secretary of the Board, under the supervision of
the Commissioner of Civil Service shall collect from
each candidate the following fees:
- For complete physician examination: P 100.00
- For preliminary or final examination: P 50.00
- For registration as physician: P 50.00
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All fees paid as provided herein shall accrue to the
funds of the Board of Medical Examiners and be
expended for the payment of the compensation of
the members thereof. No fees other than those
provided herein shall be paid to the Board.
Section 20. Issuance of Certificates of Registration
for Refusal of Same
The Commissioner of the Civil Service, the
Chairman, the members and the Secretary of the
Board of Medical Examiners shall sign and issue
certificates of registration to those who have
satisfactorily complied with the requirements of
the Board. They shall not issue a certificate of
registration to any candidate who has been
convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of
any criminal offense involving moral turpitude, or
has been found guilty of immoral or dishonorable
conduct after the investigation by the Board of
Medical Examiners or has been declared to be of
unsound mind.
Section 21. Scope of Examination- The following
subjects shall be given in the examination:
- Preliminary Examination
l Anatomy and Histology
l Physiology
l Biochemistry
l Microbiology and Parasitology
- Final Examination
l Pharmacology and Therapeutics
l Pathology
l Medicine
l Obstetrics and Gynecology
l Pediatrics and Nutrition
l Surgery and Ophthalmology,
Otolaryngology and Rhinology
l Preventive Medicine and Public Health
l Legal Medicine, Ethics and Medical
Jurisprudence
- Complete Examination
l Anatomy and Histology
l Physiology
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l Biochemistry
l Microbiology and Parasitology
l Pharmacology and Therapeutics
l Pathology
l Medicine
l Obstetrics and Gynecology
l Pediatrics and Nutrition
l Surgery and Ophthalmology,
Otolaryngology and Rhinology
l Preventive Medicine and Public Health
l Legal Medicine, Ethics and Medical
Jurisprudence
The questions shall be the same for all applicants.
All answers must be written in English. No name of
the examinee shall appear in the examination paper
but the examiners shall devise a system whereby
such applicant can be identified by number only. In
order that a candidate may be deemed to have
passed his examination successfully he must have
obtained a general average of seventy-five percent
without a grade lower than fifty percent in any
subject: Provided, That a candidate who fails for
the third time in the complete or final
examinations will be required to take a refresher
course prescribed by the Board of Medical
Examiners of at least one (1) year in a recognized
medical school or college before he could be
allowed to take the subsequent examinations. If the
applicant is found to be proficient in the subjects in
the preliminary examinations, he or she shall be
exempt in these subjects at the time of the final
examination. In case of failure in any subject at any
preliminary examination given in accordance with
this section, the candidate shall not then be re-
examined in such subject in which he may have
failed until he shall have finished the prescribed
course of medical study and internship
Section 22. Administrative Investigations
In addition to the functions provided for in the
preceding sections, the Board of Medical Examiners
shall perform the following duties:
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- to administer oath to physician/s who qualified in
the examinations
- to study the conditions affecting the practice of
medicine in all parts of the Philippines
- to exercise the powers conferred upon it by this
article with the view of maintaining the ethical and
professional standards of the medical profession
- to subpoena or subpoena duces tecum witnesses
for all purposes required in the discharge of its
duties
- to promulgate, with the approval of the
Commissioner of Civil Service such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary for the
performance of its duties in harmony with the
provisions of this Act and necessary for the proper
practice of medicine in the Philippines.
Administrative investigations shall be conducted by
at least two members of the Board of Medical
Examiners with one legal officer sitting during the
investigation, otherwise the proceedings shall be
considered void. The existing rules of evidence shall
be observed during all administrative investigations.
The Board may disapprove application for
examination or registration, reprimand erring
physicians, or suspend or revoke registration
certificates, if the respondents are found guilty after
due investigation.
Section 23. Procedure and Rules
Within five days after the filing of written charges
under oath, the respondent physician shall be
furnished a copy thereof, without requiring him or
her to answer the same, and the Board shall
conduct the investigation within five days after the
receipt of such copy by the respondent. The
investigation shall be completed as soon as
practicable.
Section 24. Grounds for reprimand, suspension or
revocation or registration certificate
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Any of the following shall be sufficient ground for
reprimanding a physician, or for suspending or
revoking a certificate of registration as physician:
- Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of
any criminal offense involving moral turpitude
- Immoral or dishonorable conduct
- Insanity
- Fraud in the acquisition of the certificate of
registration
- Gross negligence, ignorance or incompetence in
the practice of his or her profession resulting in an
injury to or death of the patient
- Addiction to alcoholic beverages or to any habit-
forming drug rendering him or her incompetent to
practice his or her profession, or to any form of
gambling
- False or extravagant or unethical advertisements
wherein other things than his name, profession,
limitation of practice, clinic hours, office and home
address, are mentioned
- Performance of or aiding in any criminal abortion
- Knowingly issuing any false medical certificate
- Issuing any statement or spreading any news or
rumor which is derogatory to the character and
reputation of another physician without justifiable
motive
- Aiding or acting as a dummy of unqualified or
unregistered person to practice medicine
- Violation of any provision of the Code of Ethics as
approved by the Philippine Medical Association
- Refusal of a physician to attend a patient in
danger of death is not a sufficient ground for
revocation for suspension of his registration
certificate if there is a risk to the physician’s life
Section 25. Rights of respondents
The respondent physician shall be entitled to be
represented by counsel or be heard in person, to
have a speedy and public hearing, to confront, and
to cross-examine witnesses against him or her, and
to all other rights guaranteed by the Constitution
and provided for in the Rules of Court.
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Section 26. Appeal for judgment
The decision of the Board of Medical Examiners
shall automatically become final thirty days after
the date of its promulgation unless the respondent,
during the same period, has appealed to the
Commissioner of Civil Service and later to the Office
of the President for the Philippines. If the final
decision is not satisfactory, the respondent may ask
for a review of the case, or may file in court a
petition for certiorari.
Section 27. Reinstatement
After two years, the Board may order the
reinstatement of any physician whose certificate of
registration has been revoked, if the respondent
has acted in an exemplary manner in the
community wherein he resides and has not
committed any illegal, immoral or dishonorable
act.
Article IV:PENAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 28. Penalties
Any person found guilty of “illegal practice of
medicine” shall be punished by a fine of not less
than one thousand pesos nor more than ten
thousand pesos with subsidiary imprisonment in
case of insolvency or by imprisonment of not less
than one year nor more than five years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.
Section 29. Injunctions
The Board of Medical Examiners may file an action
to enjoin any person illegally practicing medicine
from the performance of any Act constituting
practice of medicine if the case so warrants until the
necessary certificate therefore is secured. Any such
person who, after having been so enjoined,
continues in the illegal practice of medicine shall be
punished for contempt of court. The said injunction
shall not relieve the person practicing medicine
without certificate of registration from criminal
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prosecution and punishment as provided in the

preceding section.

Section 30. Appropriation

To carry out the provisions of this Act, there is
hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of twenty thousand pesos.

Section 31. Repealing Clause

All Acts, executive orders, administrative orders,
rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are repealed or
modified accordingly

Section 32. Effectivity

This Act shall take effect upon its approval:
Provided, that if it is approved during the time
when examinations for physicians are held, it shall
take effect immediately after the said
examinations: Provided, further, That section six of
this Act shall take effect at the beginning of the
academic year nineteen hundred sixty to nineteen
hundred sixty-one, and the first paragraph of
section seven shall take effect four years thereafter.

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